Esper memo warned conditions weren’t met for withdrawal from Afghanistan
Then-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper sent a classified memo earlier this month to the White House asserting that it was the unanimous recommendation…
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Deadly hate crime levels surge in latest FBI reporting
Hate crime reports in America surged in 2019 to the highest level since 2008, according to new data released on Monday by the FBI. In its annual…
Continue Reading GOP senators shrug off Trump’s conspiracies over election results: ‘He can say whatever he wants’
Top Senate Republicans seemed unmoved Monday by President Donald Trump’s baseless charges that the election was “rigged” and his…
Continue Reading At least 2 members of Congress announce positive Covid-19 diagnoses Monday
At least two members of the US House of Representatives announced Monday that they tested positive for Covid-19 and another member announced he was…
Continue Reading Michelle Obama reflects on how she put her anger aside for a peaceful transition
Michelle Obama has weighed in on the refusal of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump to move forward with a transition of power to the…
Continue Reading Fact checking Trump’s barrage of lies over the weekend
“I WON THE ELECTION!” President Donald Trump tweeted just before midnight on Sunday night. Trump did not win the election. So this was a…
Continue Reading Wisconsin recount would cost Trump campaign $7.9 million
The Wisconsin Elections Commission said Monday that if President Donald Trump’s campaign wants a recount of the razor-thin presidential race in…
Continue Reading McConnell opposes removing US troops from Middle East, saying terrorists ‘would love’ it
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell strongly opposed the Trump administration’s plan to remove more troops from the Middle East in a Senate…
Continue Reading US military anticipates Trump will issue order to plan for further troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq
US military commanders are anticipating that a formal order will be given by President Donald Trump as soon as this week to begin a further…
Continue Reading Biden says ‘more people may die’ if Trump doesn’t cooperate with transition process
President-elect Joe Biden warned that President Donald Trump’s unwillingness to accept the outcome of the 2020 election could hamper the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court denies request from geriatric prisoners seeking Covid relief
The Supreme Court on Monday denied a request from inmates in a geriatric prison in Texas to allow further protections from Covid-19. It is the latest…
Continue Reading Lawsuits that tried to disrupt Biden’s wins in four states are withdrawn
Voters in four states who had brought longshot lawsuits to disrupt President-elect Joe Biden’s win and went nowhere in court dropped their…
Continue Reading Democrats seek to avoid scorched-earth fight with White House over transition to Biden administration
President-elect Joe Biden’s team is arguing to Democrats on Capitol Hill that it makes the most strategic sense for now to let public pressure…
Continue Reading Trump administration begins last-minute leasing process for arctic drilling
The Trump administration on Monday started a leasing process for oil and gas drilling sites off the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, something…
Continue Reading Top Trump adviser moves closer to accepting Biden win: ‘Obviously, things look that way now’
National security adviser Robert O’Brien promised that there will be a professional transition from the White House National Security Council…
Continue Reading Karl Rove leads new Republican fundraising group for pivotal Georgia Senate races
Senate Republicans have picked Karl Rove to serve as the national finance chairman for the Georgia Battleground Fund, a joint fundraising account…
Continue Reading House Republicans receive DC Covid-19 restriction waiver to hold in-person leadership elections
Washington, DC, officials said Monday that House Republicans had received a waiver to hold a large meeting at a local hotel later this week in order…
Continue Reading Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan urges Trump to concede as he calls for a less divisive GOP
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday urged his fellow Republicans to reject the extremes of his party and for President Donald Trump to accept the…
Continue Reading Pompeo leaves chaotic Washington for Europe, the Mideast and an Israeli settlement, sources say
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to leave Friday for Europe and the Middle East in a seven-country, legacy-burnishing trip that will include a…
Continue Reading Ex-HHS chief Sebelius says Trump administration deserves credit for vaccine progress
Kathleen Sebelius, a former Health and Human Services secretary under President Barack Obama, offered some praise for the Trump…
Continue Reading Georgia Sen. David Perdue declines to debate opponent ahead of January 5 runoff
Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue has declined an invitation to debate Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff ahead of the January runoff election for…
Continue Reading 11 of the most bizarre elections in American history
The 2020 election between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden is perhaps the craziest, most controversial election in US…
Continue Reading Trump puts Giuliani in charge of post-election legal fight after series of losses
President Donald Trump has put his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani in charge of his campaign’s long-shot post-election legal challenges,…
Continue Reading Here are 7 Trump health care measures that Biden will likely overturn
When it comes to health policy, President Donald Trump made it his mission to undo many measures his predecessor put in place. President-elect Joe…
Continue Reading Top federal information security officer also member of private group investigating voter fraud
The federal government’s chief information security officer, Camilo Sandoval, says he has taken leave from his day job to help the private…
Continue Reading Trump administration will attempt to box Biden administration in on China policies
The Trump administration plans to continue carrying out its hardline China policies in the next two months before a Biden administration takes over,…
Continue Reading Trump coronavirus adviser Scott Atlas urges Michigan to ‘rise up’ against new Covid-19 measures
White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Scott Atlas criticized Michigan’s new Covid-19 restrictions in a tweet shortly after they were…
Continue Reading House GOP modifies their dinner for freshman members after Democrats altered theirs amid coronavirus concerns
House Republicans turned their dinner for freshman members scheduled for Sunday night in the Capitol into a carry out meal, a person in the room told…
Continue Reading Obama memoir confronts role his presidency played in Republican obstructionism and Trump’s rise
Barack Obama directly confronts the racist politics of President Donald Trump in the first volume of his post-presidency memoir, bluntly suggesting…
Continue Reading Obama says election results show nation is deeply divided
Former President Barack Obama said the election results, in which each candidate received more than 70 million votes, show the nation remains…
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